I know this young man personally. He attends the University of Georgia, has been a guest in my home several times.
By the way, he is also the grand nephew of ex President Jimmy Carter.
----Original Message-----
From: "William Usry"
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2008 9:30pm
I know it's long but hear me out... feel free to forward. -Luke
To My Peers:
I know you were all excited last
night and will continue to celebrate this morning (afternoon) when you
wake up. I hope you savor the emotional high that will surround our
future president from now until his inauguration (that's when he'll be
sworn in on January 20th…he's not the president yet nor can he walk on
water) because after that, the honeymoon will be over. And you have no
idea who you just married.
I won't bother going through
everything that you would have known about Barack Obama had you done
your own research instead of following the ignorant majority (I'll get
to that later). It's too late now anyway and as soon as the media turns
on him you'll hear things that will make you wonder what happened to
the charming, articulate, change-driven man you voted for. Just wait.
In the meantime, here is some advice I humbly offer to help you avoid making the same mistake twice.
1. Recognize that Hollywood, as
entertaining and glamorous as it may be, is populated by a large group
of people who think that talent equals intelligence and fame inherently
causes one to understand our economy and the way the world works. This
is not true. Most of them barely graduated from high school and are
morons. The same goes for musicians.
2. Know that public speaking
ability does not in any way make a person qualified to lead anything
nor should it be used to indicate the validity of what that person is
saying. Eloquent oration is a skill that is useful to a president but
without being paired with adequate experience and wisdom it is
completely useless.
3. Learn not to tie emotion to
politics. Period. It makes you susceptible to hollow rhetoric (don't
try to tell me you didn't just think about "Hope" and "Change"). We're
all guilty of making emotional decisions once in awhile but allowing
our feelings to trump our logic on something as important as choosing
our next president is like changing your major after downing a twelve
pack of Keystone. Translation: it's a really bad idea.
4. Don't be a sheep! This
piggybacks off of numbers two and three but not thinking clearly and
not doing your own research is dangerous. Know what you're talking
about lest you end up baaaaing your way into an ideology that's like a
pasture made of Astroturf…it looks pretty and green but is completely
fake and useless. Think about it.
5. Realize that most (and notice I
said most…not all) college professors, outside of their little academic
niche, are completely retarded. They have no perception of the way the
world works off campus and are often too busy staring at themselves in
the mirror or listening to themselves talk to care. Don't listen to
them. If it's not going to be on the test just assume it's Communistic
hate-speech about Republicans and listen to your Ipod.
6. Think.
Just some things to consider. Good
luck explaining to your parents how you just voted away a lot of their
assets along with their nation's security and moral fiber. In the mean
time please keep the above in mind for four years from now. Maybe by
then you'll have a job and will understand where money comes from and
won't be so enthusiastic about giving away other people's.
-Luke
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